The Golden Age of Japan: Lady Murasaki and the Shining Prince (TRIH ep 560, part 1)
1008 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss The Tale of Genji as both a literary masterpiece and a historical window into Japan's Heian period (10th–11th centuries). They summarise the novel's opening, the origin and character of Genji (the 'Shining Prince'), and his central relationship with Murasaki.
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Around 1008
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Song dynasty (960)
- East–West Schism (1054)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Christianisation of Kievan Rus' (988)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Bi Sheng invents movable type (1040)
- William the Conqueror (1028)
- The Tale of Genji (1008)
- Almoravid Empire founded (1050)